Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-23
LOCAL BREyITIES.

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! Gas ana water pipes are being extended
from Twentieth to Twenty-sixth, on
street.
Levi Morris, of Winters, sent the first to-
matoes of the season to San Francisco last
| Wednesday.
A l. Rider, of this county has dairy of
| 100 Holstein cows. He makes annually
over 10000 pounds of cheese
The baby of Mr.. Robinson, sexton of St.
Paurs Church, won the prize at the baby
show at Turner Hall Saturday.
J An orange special of eight cars went
East last evening. There were four car
loads of different variety of citrus fruit
| new potatoes.
Saturday morning, about 1:30, two China
men had a disagreement over gambling
trouble. and one of them cut the other quite
severely on the shoulder.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has added a mounted messenger TO its de-
| livery service, for the delivery of kilograms
in remote portions of the city.
S. NJ. Norton, for several years associated
with the press of Woodland, has, we IN
derstand, concluded arrangements for a
newspaper at Williams, Colusa county.
The case of r. H. Mackall, charged with
an assault with deadly weapon upon p.
| O'Brien, at the City Hotel saloon recently,
came up for hearing in Justice Posts Court
Saturday, was partially examined and then
continued until next Saturday at 10 A. NJ
The Gait Gazette says: It is conceded by
| everybody that has travelled over the prin-
cipal grain producing sections of the State
that the wheat crop is looking better in this
vicinity than any other place visited We
viii have a big harvest in Calf this season.
Charles r. Parsons sold at auction last
Saturday the Queen Anne cottages, Nos.
1913 and 1920 Q street. They are new.
have five rooms each, and the lots are
27xl60 feet. Both cottages were sold TO NJ ;.
r. Tryon, the price being So, 775-a very
good price.
Hoodlums interfered with the Salvation
Army services at Eighth and X streets.
and treated the members of the Army
roughly. They then followed them to
their barracks, on Eighth street, between |
and ], where one OF the soldiers" turned
upon their assailants and knocked over
two OF three of them.
The o'clock train from the Bay was de-
layed forty-fve minutes at Davisville Sat
urday evening in consequence of the
Miller coupling hook fastening the Cali
fornia and Oregon sleeper to one of the
coaches getting caught in the bumper in
such manner that it was not removed
until that time expired.
Officer Larry Farrell, who has been in
charge of the station house during the day-
time for some weeks, has been put on street
duty in response to his request, as his eyes
are troubling him, and keeping the records
and doing correspondence has been iniuri-
Gus to them. Officer Sullivan will do inside
duty until further orders.
A vast amount of fruit is conveyed TO
San Francisco and Sacramento daily bv
passenger trains from points on the Cali
fornia Pacific Railroad. Yesterday moons
train for Sacramento was slightly DELAYED
in consequence of the quantity of fruit to
be taken on for this city at Elmira being
SO great that an extra car had to be attached
to the train to bring it,
About o'clock Saturday morning officer
Abel arrested, at Fifth and X streets, an
Italian, whom he found on his knees ap-
parently praying. He was barefooted, and
his feet, from lack of protection had been
badly cut and bruised His general con.
duct indicated that he was insane, and he
was taken to the County Jail to be exam
ined by the Commissioners of Lunacy.
AT Keisers Grove, near LOOMS, there
was German picnic yesterday, which was
attended by the people of Auburn, New
castle, Penryn, Rocklin, Roseville and
vicinity, to the number of about 800, and
a grand time was being enjoyed when our
informant came away. Among the amuse-
ments was game of baseball between the
Rocklin and Penryn Clubs, for $40 side.
The Supervisors of FL Dorado county
have declared all the toll roads within its
borders public highways, and the occupa-
ton of the toll-gatherers is gone. This
will be hailed with delight by the many
Sacramentans who make a pilgrimage
every summer TO Silver Creek and Lake
Tahoe by the Placerville route The toll
for an ordinary camping party ranged from
SIS to $50.
Arrived Saturday Steamer San JOAQUIN
No. 4, from San Francisco, with merchan-
disc, bargeload of lumber for Richards &
| Knox and the Friend & Terry Lumber Co.,
and bargeload of lumber for the upper
Sacramento; steamer D. E. Knight, from
San Francisco for Marysville, with mer-
chandise. Cleared: Steamers San Joaquin,
No. 3, for the upper Sacramento, with mer-
chandise, and San Joaquin No. 4, for San
Francisco, with wood.
On Saturday one block of the, Rich
mond Grove property was sold to a Chi
cago man for $4,000. This property one
year ago could be purchased for 5000.
Residence property throughout the city has
advanced in the past three or four months
from % to so per cent. Lots 1I0x160 feet
on street, near Twelfth, which changed
hands year or two ago at from 5000 to
800 each, have brought offers recently oil
81, 200, which We're declined.
The average signal service temperature
Saturday was Gle, which is 23o cooler
than the mean average for that day during
| mir ha
perature being 10 and 47o, with fresh
southerly winds and clear weather. The
average temperature yesterday was 81 &c
which is 2.50 cooler than the mean average
for that day during nine years. The high
est and lowest temperature was 100 and zoe
with fresh brisk southerly winds and
weather bright and clear.
There is to be found in this and every
other community people who stand in the
way Of every improvement, who discourage
all kind of enterprises, snd were never
known to do anything to assist in the
building up of their town, or that would
tend to develop the latent resources of Their
section. The Mountain Democrat, in speak
ing of this class of individuals, trutlifully
says: Dog-in-the- mining is car
rled on pretty extensively in this section
just now, and wind-bag miners, who talk 8
good deal with their mouths and do but
little work with their hands, are also plenti-
ful here"
A few days ago J. w. Gafford, of Davis.
vile, had a man named Wells brought
back from Mendocino county on a charge
OF obtaining credit by false pretenses. He
had obtained board of Mr. Gafford to the
amount of SO by saying that be would pay
when his deceased fathers estate was
settled, but left without paying up. The
case came up for trial before Justice King
in Davisville, last Friday. When Distric,
Attorney Sprague looked into the matter
he found that the estate had not yet been
settled, therefore the defendant was dis.
Charged, there being no case against him
REAL Estate AUcTIoN.-On THURSDAY
May 10Th, at IL A. NJ, on the premises
Chas. r. Parsons, real .s.ate auctioneer
will sell the following property: The fine
high and desirable lot situated on the
northwest corner of Fourteenth and @
street, being Lot Number s. This lot will
be offered at sale in subdivisions of 4Ox16O
making two desirable investments. Each
lot has frame tenement; large barn on The
west half. The lot is in an excellent loca.
ton. At the same time and place will he